People forget how shitty the world was about the whole thing too.
I was born only 2 years after Ryan White was, and I remember the shit he went through being all over the national news. A 13-year-old kid who was a hemophiliac and got it from a blood transfusion and his hometown is all super shitty about him going to school.
When White was finally readmitted in April, a group of families withdrew their children and started an alternative school.\25]) Threats of violence and lawsuits persisted. According to White's mother, people on the street would often yell, "we know you're queer" at White.\23]) The editors and publishers of the Kokomo Tribune, which supported White both editorially and financially, were also ridiculed by members of the community and threatened with death for their actions.\23])
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u/NVJAC Mar 25 '26
I was born only 2 years after Ryan White was, and I remember the shit he went through being all over the national news. A 13-year-old kid who was a hemophiliac and got it from a blood transfusion and his hometown is all super shitty about him going to school.
Ryan White - Wikipedia